Barry S. Kues

Research and Academic Interests:

My research interests involve the taxonomy, biostratigraphy, and paleoecology of late Paleozoic and Cretaceous marine invertebrates, in order to better understand the composition and variability of marine communities in New Mexico during these times. Most studies focus on the gastropod, bivalve, and brachiopod components of these communities, but other groups, such as trilobites, eurypterids, decapod crustaceans, crinoids, and asterozoans have also been the subject of detailed investigations. Related areas of interest include Pennsylvanian and Permian stratigraphy and the history of geological and paleontological study in New Mexico.

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Listing of Recent Publications:

Kues, B.S., 2008. The Paleontology of New Mexico, University of New Mexico Press, 432 p.

Kues, B.S., 2004. Stratigraphy and brachiopod and molluscan paleontology of the Red Tanks Formation (Madera Group) near the Pennsylvanian-Permian boundary, Lucero uplift, west-central New Mexico, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 25, 143-209.

Kues, B.S. and Giles, K.A., 2004. The late Paleozoic Ancestral Rocky Mountains system in New Mexico, The Geology of New Mexico, a geologic history (G.H. Mack and K.A. Giles, editors), New Mexico Geological Society Special Publication, 11, 95-136.